Abstract
Sandra A. West, Diem-Tran Kratzke, and Ken Robertson (1993) "Alternative Imputation Procedures For
Item Non-response from New Establishments in the Universe,"
Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American
Statistical Association, forthcoming.
This paper compares different methods of imputation for
employment data given the wage data from a new establishment.
The methods include regression modeling and distribution
modeling with maximum likelihood estimators for the
parameters, as well as standard procedures such as ratio
adjustment and hot deck. Multiple imputation procedures are
also developed and examined. The employment and wage data
used for this study were obtained from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics census of establishments. Nonresponse patterns are
simulated using the pattern observed on the universe data
base. The effectiveness of the various imputation methods is
measured both at the micro and macro level.
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